I don't think many women consider the kind of father their partner will be before "knowing" them (as the Old Testament would say). Hence the stories like the one above about the man and the jeep and the daughter.
Child dragged behind Jeep; father charged
An Augusta man whose 12-year-old daughter was dragged after being thrown from a vehicle he was driving has been charged with cruelty to children.
According to a Richmond County Sheriff's Office report, James Alousious Grygo, 37, of the 2000 block of Denmark Drive, was driving a Jeep on hunting club property on Lovers Lane on Saturday.
The girl was standing and holding on to a roll bar when she was thrown from the Jeep and dragged for a distance before her father stopped, the report said.
Mr. Grygo took his daughter to his home without seeking medical care and returned the girl to her mother the next day without telling the mother what had happened, the report said.
The girl later told police that her father had been drinking alcohol while he was driving the Jeep, the report states.
The girl was referred by a pediatrician to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital. She had friction burns that required skin grafts in addition to a possible closed head injury, according to the report.
Aiken woman dies in single-vehicle wreck
An Aiken woman was killed early Tuesday in a traffic accident about five miles north of Aiken.
Elizabeth Boyd, 23, was pronounced dead at Aiken Regional Hospital at about 6 a.m., according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, who said she lost control of her vehicle and ran off Outing Club Road two hours before.
Her car struck a tree, and Ms. Boyd had to be removed from the car by Aiken County EMS, Mr. Carlton said.
She died of multiple body trauma.
Authorities said she was wearing a seat belt. A toxicology test is pending.
MCG to perform test of siren on campus
The Medical College of Georgia will perform the first test of the siren component of its emergency notification system between 10 and 11 a.m. today, according to a news release.
People on campus will hear several loud, steady siren tones during those times, Jimmy Murray, MCG's emergency management program coordinator, said in the release.
Fort Discovery to offer electronics recycling
The National Science Center's Fort Discovery will hold a recycling drive for old desktop computers, cordless phones and other electronic items Saturday.
The CSRA Public Electronics Recycle Day is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fort Discovery, 1 Seventh St.
People can drop off computers, monitors, desktop CPUs, LCD-display laptops, notebook computers, CD/CDRW drives, DVD hard, floppy and Zip drives, scanners, printers, fax machines, adding machines, cell phones, cordless phones, answering machines, pagers, personal digital assistants, data cartridges, PC and digital cameras, servers, routers, hubs and remotes at the bus entrance at Reynolds Street and Discovery Drive.
Recyclers can also drop off televisions for a fee of $10.
Unacceptable items include washers and dryers, wood speakers and kitchen appliances.
For more information about the recycling day, call David Keel at (706) 821-0619.
Deputy faces charges of harassing woman
A McCormick County sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged with harassment, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
Calvin Henry Moore, 44, is charged with misconduct in office (public officer) and harassment (first degree), according to SLED.
According to arrest warrants, he harassed a former female acquaintance through the use of voice mail and text messages and letters.
He is also accused of following the woman to various places, including her place of employment.
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